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As everyone knows, gay activists and their supporters are tolerant, compassionate, sensitive people. Apparently some of them thought I forgot that, and so they responded to my column, “Mainstream Media Queers Marriage,” with some reminders. I’ll follow each letter with a brief response.First, a gentleman from Atlanta.FYI,Bush did lie.  In the 2000 Presidential race, Bush and Cheney both said that same sex marriage should be left to the states.  Now that Mass. has decided to do the right thing and grant civil marriage, he's changed his tune.  So, Rosie was correct in saying the Bush lied.In addition, I would like...

<p>Drag queen Harvey Fierstein was sadly mistaken if he thought he could ride with Santa dressed as Mrs. Claus in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, organizers said yesterday.</p> <p>The Broadway star caused a ruckus when he bragged he would portray Santa's better half in the 77th annual parade, which went off yesterday with beautiful weather and packed crowds.</p>

A float in New York City's widely watched Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade will feature an open celebration of gay marriage, unless parade officials step in to block the performance. Writing on the op-ed page of Wednesday's New York Times, Broadway star Harvey Fierstein announced that he'll be cross-dressed as Mrs. Santa Claus on a float dedicated to his hit Broadway show "Hairspray." "According to legend, New York lore and two major Hollywood flicks, Macy's Santa is the real deal," Fierstein began, before dropping his bombshell news. "And tomorrow, to the delight of millions of little children [not to mention the...

The Aids awareness industry has turned the virus into a fun, sexy disease harvey fierstein There are too many positive gay role models. In fighting the Aids crisis over the past 20 years, we have done everything possible to dispel the negative connotations that come with having HIV. After all, it has been our brothers and sisters, our boyfriends and girlfriends, and ourselves, who have been discriminated against because of a virus. So we produced advertising, created enlightenment programmes, spent endless hours making certain that having Aids or being HIV positive was nothing to be ashamed of. We did a...